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Netflix recommissioned hit series Love Is Blind Germany, produced by Redseven Entertainment for a second season. Love Is Blind: Germany sees singles who want to be loved for who they are, rather than what they look like, hope to meet…

Last night (Monday, January 27), Married at First Sight made its much-anticipated comeback, reaffirming its place as a cornerstone of Australian entertainment. The premiere episode reached an impressive 2.523 million viewers nationally across Total TV and drew a Total TV…

Hit social experiment Married at First Sight premiered its seventh season in Israel last night (Sunday, January 26), to stellar ratings winning the night for broadcaster Keshet. The season launch attracted 20.7% rating – with over 800,000 viewers – becoming…

Hit format My Man Can is heading to Romania, with Kanal D ordering a new local adaptation of the game show, titled Hai că poţi!, My Man Can sees four women gamble with the abilities of their partners, putting their…

Nominations have been announced for 61st edition of the prestigious Grimme Prize, with Player of Ibiza shortlisted in the Fiction category. The acclaimed and raucous new comedy Player of Ibiza (5 x 25’) had its world premiere at Series Mania…

Netflix has acquired hit conspiracy thriller Departure – which launched January 1 on Netflix across several territories. In its first week of January (Dec 30 – Jan 5), season one launched at No 4 globally for English Series, with 3.6m…

SAT.1 has ordered a sixth season of the hit detective series The Last Cop (Der Letzte Bulle), which aired for five seasons from 2010-2014 on SAT.1. The series follows Mick Brisgau, a cop who wakes from a coma 20 years…

CPL Productions has landed an incredible four nominations at this year's Broadcast Awards. Married at First Sight UK, produced for E4, is nominated for best popular factual program; Sky series A League of Their Own and Netflix hit Love Is…

The Belgian adaptation of The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (local title: Restaurant Misverstand) has won the International Emmy Award for non-scripted entertainment. A hit in Belgium across three seasons on VRT, the social experiment is a local adaptation of the…

Critically-acclaimed comedy Kid Sister has triumphed at this year's New Zealand Television Awards, winning best script: comedy (Simone Nathan), one of the two categories it was nominated in. Ambitious, female-centred comedy Kid Sister – from writer/creator Simone Nathan (Our Flag…